The Dark Ages were defined by “a lack of contemporary written history, general demographic decline, limited building activity and material cultural achievements in general (source).”
Does that mean we know are living in the Light Ages?
1. one well-chosen song
2. crazy and creative students
3. at least one professor
4. on-campus production at your own university
5. not a single cut!
6. a lot of fun!
No matter how tired / rough / sad / lonesome / grumpy etc I feel, this never fails to create a smile…
(I used to be a ‘greaser’ when I was in my teens…)
I was 5p short at the shop today. The lady simply said I could pop it in tomorrow (I go there often as it’s the only shop in the village).
Sometimes a simple act of trust is so much more than the price.
Walking in Cardiff and coming across a sweet view—my favourite were flying saucers and fizzy cola-bottles… yours?
Beautiful.
From 9th August 2008, you will be able to gather your own impression of Orwell’s face from reading his most strongly individual piece of writing: his diaries. The Orwell Prize is delighted to announce that, to mark the 70th anniversary of the diaries, each diary entry will be published on this blog exactly seventy years after it was written, allowing you to follow Orwell’s recuperation in Morocco, his return to the UK, and his opinions on the descent of Europe into war in real time. The diaries end in 1942, three years into the conflict.
My application letter to howies to attend their DO lectures event.
Each ‘cut-out’ word represents the feelings and flavour I get from this great company:
- LOVE
- CHALLENGE
- ETHICAL
- INSPIRATION
- GOOD
- KNOWLEDGE
I've never been one for birfdays.
Send me a card if you want/must and I'll be more than grateful.
Although these home-made shortbread men was such a nice and heartfelt touch—thank you Shazia.
Check it out now (as it disappears from the web after today).
…is amazing.
Conceived by Buffy, Angel and Firefly creator, it serves as a further illustration of the continuing erosion of boundaries between TV and the web.
…a hug I once gave / received…
“What’s New?” is an interesting and broadening eternal question, but one which, if pursued exclusively, results only in an endless parade of trivia and fashion, the silt of tomorrow. I would like, instead, to be concerned with the question “What is best?,” a question which cuts deeply rather than broadly, a question whose answers tend to move the silt downstream.
Are bees a barometer for the wider issue of pollution on this planet?
When it comes to nature, I think everything is connected.
What do you think?
A deleted scene from one of my favourite films.
An audio book of a classic horror.
Some cool guys rap vocals.
A mashup of two poets I admire, the one the author and the other the reader.
All created in Garageband, starting with only the vocal audio. I should do more as I really enjoy putting them together…
Been about twenty years since I last played and tonight I lost every game I participated in at the second Scrabble Sunday event.
Fun though.
One of these cool cats is my Dad. Taken mid/late sixties, my Dad was a skin basher in this and many other bands for the next fifteen years.
It’s my new wallpaper on my laptop.
Currently working up a script for a film short inspired by the work of the fantabulous Hillman Curtis.
Even Hillman was at a stage in his life where he had never written a script before… that's a comforting and influential thought for us all as we pursue new creative endeavours.
I like starting things.
It has its own rhythm and *expectation.
*Don’t expect too much though so you can be impressed as we go on.
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